Dancer Bazler Rahman Badal was also given special honour on the occasion.

Shilpakala Academy gave the 'District Shilpakala Award-2016' formally in a function held in its auditorium here on Wednesday.

Commissioner of Rajshahi division Noor-Ur-Rahman and Social Worker Shaheen Akter Rainy addressed the ceremony as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Commissioner Helal Mahmud Sharif in the chair.